CV
Himmelsbach
NL 1984
lives and works in Amsterdam
Domenique Himmelsbach de Vries
Education and internships:
2009 – 2010 No Academy, Labaratory for Art and Society, Amsterdam (Master)
2004 – 2009 Fine Art, ArtEZ/ CABK, Kampen/ Zwolle (Bfa)
2008 – 2008 Internship Studio Jeanneworks (Jeanne van Heeswijk)
2007 – 2008 Exchange Programme at Kunsthochschule Weißensee, Berlin
2007 – 2007 Exchange Programme at European Exchange Academy, Beelitz
Selection of exhibitions
2023 Galerie Helder, Art on Paper 'Dedicated to you'
2023 Art on Paper, Amsterdam, galerie Helder
2023 Winner of "De Nieuwe Vermeer"
2022 This art Fair, Amsterdam
2022 Group exhibition ‘IederÉén’, Museum De Domijnen, Sittard
2021 Solo exhibition “Kunst kan ongedocumenteerden gezicht geven’, Kunst Kan..., Amsterdam
2021 Group exhibition and residency at ‘Vrijdenkers / Freethinkers’, Amsterdam Museum 2021 Group exhibition ‘The Situation is Fluid’ Capital C Gallery, Amsterdam
2021 Solo ‘Amsterdam Art Week’ Werkplaats Molenwijk, Framer Framed Amsterdam
2020 Group exhibition ‘Realisme nu’ Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam
2020 Duo exhibition with Rieks Swarte, Kunst Centrum Haarlem, Haarlem
2020 One night groupexhibition and presentation ‘Heden’ VHDG, Leeuwarden
2020 Residence en solo exhibition ‘Residentie Molenwijk’ Framer Framed
2020 Community art project ‘Het Monument voor Prima Dieren’ Slachthuisbuurt, Haarlem 2020 Digital exhibition ‘Corona in de stad’ Framer framed / Amsterdam Museum
2020 Downloadable exhibition ‘Print and Play’, artist initiative Print and Play
2020 Filmprogram activistic art ‘Mars’, Plaatsmaken, Focus Filmtheater, Arnhem
2019 Group exhibition/performance ‘Taal voor Eenzaamheid’ Framer Framed, Amsterdam 2019 Performance ‘Mijn Ritueel’ Buurtsalon Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam
2019 Group exhibition ‘De heks van Dongen / Dongen Revisited, Stedelijk Museum Breda 2018 Group exhibition ‘Orakel’ Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2018 Group exhibition ‘Één’ De Domijnen, Sittard
2018 Group exhibition ’The Vivid Unknown’ Rosalux, Berlin
2018 Group exhibition Civil Disobiedience, De Ruimte, Ghent
2018 Group performance night ‘Not For Profit Art Party’, Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2018 Group exhibition ‘Hier besta ik’, Stichting Artless, Amsterdam
2018 Intervention in public space, Sleepwet Festival, Nijmegen
2018 Group exhibition, ‘Silent Majority’, Kunstenlab Deventer
2017 Group Exhibition ‘Silent Majority’ Tetem, Enschede
2017 ‘Hier Ben Ik’, initiated by Hester van Hasselt, Bianca Sistermans and Tabo Goudswaard 2017 Group exhibition ‘Alternative Truths’, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen
2017 Group exhibition ‘WOW Open’, curated by Rob Malasch, KunstRAI 2017
2017 Performance and refugees’ reunion ‘We Are Here’, community design platform The Beach, Amsterdam
2017 Group exhibition ‘Raamvertelling’, Bellamy Kabinet, Amsterdam
2017 Solo exhibition ‘Examples on how to deal with society’, Bookstore Space Amsterdam 2017 Solo exhibition ‘A Paper Monument for the Paperless’, Kunsttraject, Amsterdam 2016 Group exhibition ‘Spielerei’, Schunck, Heerlen
2016 Group exhibition “/|\”, W139, Amsterdam
2016 Performative installation ‘Een Papieren Monument voor de Papierlozen’, art fair Poppositions, Brussels
2016 Group exhibition ‘PaltzArt’, Landgoed de Paltz, Soest
2016 Residency ‘New Europeans’ during The Netherlands EU-Presidency, Amsterdam
2015 Group exhibition ‘Art In Odd Places RECALL’, Lodge Gallery, New York
2015 Group exhibition ‘Powerbrokers’, Artist Initiative De Kaping, Amersfoort
2014 Performance ‘One Hour Of Free Help’, at public art and performance festival ‘Art In Odd Places’, New York
2014 ‘Costume Bureau’, curated by Roel Arkesteijn, Framer Framed, Amsterdam
2013 Social art project ‘Een Papieren Monument voor de Uitgeprocedeerden’, We Are Here, Amsterdam
2013 Performative installation ‘Visuele Schouderklop Veiling’, Artfestival Nuit Blanche, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
2013 Group exhibition ‘Souverein Terrein’, Artist Initiative Het Werktuig, Amersfoort
2012 Social art project ‘Wilderswebwinkel.nl, Kunst voor het Volk’
2012 Performative installation ‘Wilderswebwinkel’, De Appel, Amsterdam
2012 Performative installation ‘Wilderswebwinkel’, on behalf of Gallery Moira, Utrecht; Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam
2012 Group exhibition ‘Beter Consortium’, curated by Martijn Engelbrecht i.c.w. HMC Den Haag
2012 Artistic research ‘KRIMP Festival’, commisioned by Het Instituut i.c.w. CBK Zeeland and province of Zeeland
2010 Solo exhibition ‘Ik Geloof Wel In Jou’, Gallery Moira, Utrecht
2010 Group exhibition ‘The People United Will Never Be Defeated’, curated by Jonas Staal, Tent, Rotterdam
Presentations/ workshops/ performances
2021 BK Info Jubileum symposium, Utrecht, 2021 ArtEZ Winterlab, Zwolle
2020 ArtEZ Zomerlab, Zwolle/digital,
2020 Fine art AKI, Enschede
2020 Actieacademie/InHolland, Rotterdam 2019 KABK, Den Haag
2019 ONSbank/Het Instituut, Amsterdam 2019 Aanpak eenzaamheid, Amsterdam 2019 Gemeente Amsterdam, Amsterdam 2019 Framer Framed, Amsterdam,
2019 Stadsleven met Tracy Metz Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam 2018 Museum De Pont, Tilburg
2018 EYE, Amsterdam
2018 Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
2018 Framer Framed, Amsterdam 2018 Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2018 Y van Columbus, Amsterdam 2017 The Beach, Amsterdam
2017 Bureau Buitenbereik / Storing AUB, De Wijk
2017 Kunstenlab Deventer / Trendbureau Overijssel, Zwolle/Enschede 2016 UvA-Het Zijlstra Center, Amsterdam
2016 De Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2016 Nacht van de Filosofie, Amsterdam
2016 ONSbank/Het Instituut, Amsterdam
2016 Hogeschool van de Kunsten, Utrecht
2016 Europe by People, Amsterdam
2016 State Secretary of Social Affairs Mrs. Jette Klijnsma, Amsterdam 2015 Columbia University, New York
2015 Pace University, New York
2015 Grafisch Lyceum, Utrecht
2015 Barlaeus Gymnasium, Amsterdam
2015 W139, Amsterdam
2014 Gemeentelijk Cultuur Congres, Rotterdam 2014 ArtEZ, Arnhem
2014 W139, Amsterdam
2014 Illuseum, Amsterdam
2013 Cultuur+Ondernemen, Amsterdam
2013 Broedplaats F. Huyckstraat, Amsterdam 2013 Provo reunion / Cultclub, Amsterdam 2013 Halbebier / Magnetico, Amsterdam
2013 Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
2012 Studium Generale ArtEZ, Arnhem
2011 Studium Generale KABK, Den Haag
2011 Illuseum, Amsterdam
2010 Focus op Kunst, Zwolle
2010 CBKU, Utrecht
2010 Extrapool / OCCII, Amsterdam
Achievements/nominations/collection
2022 In the collection of LAM museum
2022 Winner of de LAM Art Entrepreneur Award 2022
2020 Inclusion of ‘Schets interventie: De Heks van Dongen’’ in the collection of Stedelijk Museum Breda
2019 Inclusion of ‘A Paper Monument for the Paperless’ in the collection of The International Institute For Social History, Amsterdam
2019 Winner ‘Gouden Lucifer’, Feest der Onafhankelijken, Amsterdam
2018 Inclusion of ‘A Paper Monument for the Paperless’ in the collection of museum De Domijnen, Sittard
2015 Selected for Art In Odd Places RECALL,‘The best of selection of the past 10 years performance festival’
2013 Prizewinner of ‘Best mini masterclass at Cultuur+Ondernemen’ (prize was a trajectory under the mentorship of curator Roel Arkesteijn)
2012 Article ‘No Academy, kunstenaar legt contact met wereld via de Sint’ featured in VWO examination content 2012/2013 on ‘Social engagement between 1945 and now’
2012 Winner of ‘Kunst moet rollen’ contest, CBKU, Utrecht
2011 Winner of ‘One Minute Awards’ with video ‘Een Gag Gratis Hulp’
2010 Nomination of video ‘Het slechte geeft mij het gevoel er toe te doen’, Tent Academy Awards, Rotterdam
2009 Nomination for René Coelhoprijs
2009 Winner of department prize Beeldende Kunst ArtEZ, Zwolle
2009 Nomination of Academy prize ARTEZ, Zwolle
2009 Nomination ‘Kunst van de dag’, galleries.nl, 30-05-2009